Monthly Archives: August 2017

FiftyOneFifty HackerPublicRadio.ORG NEEDS SHOWSThings I broke: I wanted to install Google Play store on my 7” Amazon Fire tablet so I could install the app for my refurbished DJI 3 Standard drone. Tried the RootJunky method descibed here http://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-google-play-on-a-kindle-fire-and-install-any-1790706649 but got fail. Was able to sideload the app, but it needs support apps that come with the Play Store. Installed LXDE on my Pocket C.H.I.P., rendered it unusable. I heard Thaj talking about putting LXDE on his Pocket C.H.I.P. on Urandom and decided to put it on mine as well. Installed the desktop from terminal. Got a login screen, but my touch screen doesn’t respond to touches near the edges, so I couldn’t get to the dropdown to change desktops. Discovered I could change the default desktop from the terminal with “sudo killall x-session-manager” which brings up a menu of alternate desktops. Rebooted into LXDE to find I had no apps, including a terminal or a package manager.Followed these instructions to create an ArchLinuxARM SD for my ODroid X2. Got warnings every time I unzipped the archive, but I proceeded. X2 still doesn’t boot.